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1. What drove you against the current rulership of Kintargo?
Kintargo has long been a thorn in Cheliax's side. Tolerated, until recently, when Barzillai Thrune arrived to enforce martial law in the city. During the Night of Ashes Rosamonde's parents, Milani sympathizers, were swept up by the Dottari never to be seen again.

2. What stops you from simply leaving for a better nation like Absalom, Andoran or Varisia?
Leaving would be the easy way out, but life would be no better for those left behind. To stay and fight against the regime is the only way to secure the safety and liberty of all.

3. A loved one has been captured. You were promised their safe return in exchange for betraying your comrades. What form will your betrayal take?
Rosamonde would offer information, some actionable, some not, just enough to to seem legitimate in exchange for their release. Once they are safely released she would smuggle them out of the city and quickly turn on her handler(s).

4. You are transporting a cartload of contraband in a public street when a pair of bored guards stop you talking about passage fees, potential fines and a requirement to search your cart. What do you do?
Greet them openly and offer to proactively pay any fine and fees, directly to them, if only to be allowed on my way. If they do not accept the bribes then the world is better off with a few less Dottari.

5. Someone you fancy has finally agreed on a day out on the town just you and them. However an important meeting in your organization is being held at the same time and you found out after the date was set. What do you do?
I would beg off, that something important has come up last minute, and hope that we can reschedule the date. If not, then it wasn't meant to be.

6. Your life's nemesis is at your mercy. But his close family nearby begs for his life. Do you spare him? Or is some other outcome more favorable?
Unwilling to start a blood feud, Rosamonde would spare his life in exchange for guarantees, magical or otherwise, that they would never interfere in her life again or else their life and their family's life would be forfeit.

7. Without describing their job, name, or appearance tell me who you're character is.
A zealot for the cause, willing to sacrifice anyone, including herself, to ensure that Kintargo is free.

Rosamonde D'Armand
Female human warpriest (liberty's blade, divine champion) of Milani 2 (Pathfinder Player Companion: Advanced Class Origins 24, Pathfinder Player Companion: Divine Anthology 14, Pathfinder RPG Advanced Class Guide 60)
CG Medium humanoid (human)
Init +1; Senses Perception +3
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Defense
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AC 17, touch 11, flat-footed 16 (+6 armor, +1 Dex)
hp 19 (2d8+6)
Fort +5, Ref +1, Will +6; +2 trait bonus vs. charm and compulsion
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Offense
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Speed 30 ft. (20 ft. in armor)
Melee longsword +4 (1d8+2/19-20) or
. . morningstar +4 (1d8+2)
Ranged composite longbow +2 (1d8+2/×3)
Special Attacks blessings 4/day (Liberation: liberation), fervor 4/day (1d6), sacred weapon (1d6, +0, 2 rounds/day)
Warpriest (Liberty's Blade, Divine Champion) Spells Prepared (CL 2nd; concentration +5)
. . 1st—cure light wounds, divine favor, shield of faith
. . 0 (at will)—detect fiendish presence, detect magic, guidance, light
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Statistics
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Str 14, Dex 12, Con 14, Int 10, Wis 16, Cha 13
Base Atk +1; CMB +3; CMD 14
Feats Bludgeoner[UC], Combat Expertise, Deadly Aim, Power Attack, Weapon Focus, Weapon Focus
Traits birthmark, natural born leader
Skills Acrobatics -3 (-7 to jump), Diplomacy +5, Heal +9, Knowledge (religion) +5, Sense Motive +7, Spellcraft +4
Languages Common
SQ finesse weapon attack attribute
Combat Gear healer's kit; Other Gear breastplate, composite longbow (+2 Str), longsword, morningstar, backpack, bedroll, belt pouch, flint and steel, holy text (The Light of Hope)[UE], mess kit[UE], spell component pouch, trail rations (5), waterskin, wooden holy symbol of Milani, 411 gp
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Special Abilities
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Blessings (4/day) (Su) Pool of power used to activate Blessing abilities.
Bludgeoner Inflict nonlethal damage with bludgeoning weapons
Combat Expertise +/-1 Bonus to AC in exchange for an equal penalty to attack.
Deadly Aim -1/+2 Trade a penalty to ranged attacks for a bonus to ranged damage.
Fervor (1d6, 4/day) (Su) Standard action, touch channels positive/negative energy to heal or harm. Swift to cast spell on self.
Finesse Weapon Attack Attribute Finesse weapons use Strength on attack rolls.
Power Attack -1/+2 You can subtract from your attack roll to add to your damage.
Sacred Weapon (Su) As a swift action, grant weapon enhancement bonus or certain powers.
Weapon Focus (Flails) Choose one weapon group. You become better at using that type of weapon.

Prerequisites: base attack bonus +1.

Benefit: You gain a +1 bonus on all attack rolls you make using weapons from the selected group. The bonus only applies
Weapon Focus (Heavy Blades) Choose one weapon group. You become better at using that type of weapon.

Prerequisites: base attack bonus +1.

Benefit: You gain a +1 bonus on all attack rolls you make using weapons from the selected group. The bonus only applies

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By all metrics, Pathfinder is the most satisfying pen-and-paper game I’ve ever played. The class balance feels good, the math isn’t overwhelming, and the community support is outstanding. However, it suffers from one syndrome that haunts the creation of every new character: feat taxes.

Many veteran players lament that you need three feats to go to the bathroom in Pathfinder. It’s a cheeky musing, but one rooted in truth. Pathfinder’s feats are arranged in sprawling tiers, often requiring an investment of three or more feats to unlock a single more advanced one. While it’s satisfying to work towards a goal, many rungs on the feat ladder are considered either undesirable or overtly mundane. These are feat taxes.

Below I’ve highlighted a number of revisions to Pathfinder’s feat tree to help ease the situation. I’ve focused mainly on combat feats, arguably the worst offenders. Feel free to incorporate these changes into your own house rules or make your own suggestions in the comments.

Martial Mastery
Gone. Combat feats like Weapon Focus now apply to weapon groups instead of a specific weapon by default.

Weapon Finesse
Gone. The “light weapons” category has been renamed to “finesse weapons.” Characters can choose to use either their dexterity bonus or their strength bonus to hit with these weapons, no feat required. “Finesse” is also now a weapon attribute like “brace” or “trip,” allowing a weapon in another category to be finessed (like the rapier).

Agile Maneuvers
Gone. A character adds their dexterity to the CMB if they’re wielding a finesse weapon and their strength otherwise.

Combat Expertise
Gone. Now simple a combat option for any class with at least +1 BAB.

Improved Trip, Improved Disarm, Improved Dirty Trick, Improved Feint, Improved Reposition, Improved Steal
Gone. Replaced with Deft Maneuvers.

Deft Maneuvers
New. You do not provoke an attack of opportunity when performing a trip, disarm, dirty trick, feint, reposition, or steal combat maneuver. In addition, you receive a +2 bonus on checks with these combat maneuvers. Now a prerequisite for the relevant greater combat maneuver feats.

Power Attack
Gone. Now simply a combat option for any class with at least +1 BAB.

Improved Bull Rush, Improved Drag, Improved Overrun, Improved Sunder
Gone. Replaced with Powerful Maneuvers.

Powerful Maneuvers
New. You do not provoke an attack of opportunity when performing a bull rush, drag, overrun, or sunder combat maneuver. In addition, you receive a +2 bonus on checks with these combat maneuvers. Now a prerequisite for the relevant greater combat maneuver feats.

Point-Blank Shot
Gone. Precise Shot replaces it as a prerequisite for further archery feats.

Deadly Aim
Gone. Now simple a combat option for any class with at least +1 BAB.

Mobility
Gone. Merged with Dodge.

Dodge
Revised. You gain a +1 dodge bonus to your AC. This bonus increases to +4 against attacks of opportunity caused when you move out of or within a threatened tile. A condition that makes you lose your Dex bonus to AC also makes you lose the benefits of this feat.

Improved Two-Weapon Fighting
Gone. Merged with Greater Two-Weapon Fighting

Greater Two-Weapon Fighting
Revised. Prerequisites now Dex 17, Two-Weapon Fighting, BAB +6. In addition to the standard single extra attack you get with an off-hand weapon, you get a second attack with it, albeit at a –5 penalty. Once your BAB reaches +11, you also gain a third attack with your off-hand weapon, albeit at a –10 penalty.

Connor Hawkins was a butcher. No, an actual butcher who owned a shop in The Whitequarter of Ghastenhall. Business was always good and he catered to lord and lady to the yeoman and peasantry alike. But every now and then someone would enter his shop and order the "special cut". These exclusive customers would be escorted to the back room only to emerge a few minutes later. The next day the town criers would announce the mysterious disappearance of one the city's citizens. Despite lean times Hawkin's Meats never wanted for fresh cuts of meat.

One day a well dressed woman entered the shop and ordered the "Special Cut". once in the back room she explained that her husband, a well to do merchant, was having an affair with his assistant and that she would pay triple his usual fee if he would make them both disappear. Later, after closing the shop for the night, Connor donned his other working "clothes" a black leather apron and a pair of perfectly matched kukris, exotic knives with curved blades designed to cut through bone and sinew with relative ease.

Prowling through Ghastenhall's back alleys and silent streets Connor arrives at his target's townhouse shortly after midnight. After waiting for almost an hour he enters through the conveniently unlocked kitchen door. Once inside he is blinded by the flare of a hooded lantern suddenly being unveiled. Confronted by the city watch backed by several Knights of Alerion, Connor fought bravely yet futilely and was soon overwhelmed.

Dragged before the judge he was soon convicted of murder and attempted murder and sentenced to beheading at Brandescar Prison "May Mitra have mercy on your soul, for I surely do not!" were the last words of the judge has he dropped the gavel on his desk.